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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Oil portrait of a man with a brush and palette beside a woman in a veil, against a dark brown background.

Self-Portrait of the Artist Painting His Wife (Sarah Annis Sully)

Thomas Sully, 1810

Still life of opened oysters on a plate with lemon, dark bottle, wine glass and white striped tablecloth against dark backgro

Still Life with Oyster

François Bonvin, 1860

Gabled panel painting of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child on a throne, with small saints in niches and a gold background.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Saint

Ugolino di Nerio, 1305

Oil portrait of a young woman in a pink bonnet holding a woven basket against a pastel sky.

Elizabeth Cook (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Bache) as The Country Girl

Thomas Sully, 1839

Painting of a woman in white and blue playing a keyboard instrument while gazing upward, with red drapery behind her.

Saint Cecilia

Charles de La Fosse, 1700

Painting of a standing bearded nude man holding a staff, with a seated figure in a red cap at lower right, dark background.

Study of a Male Nude Leaning on a Staff

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Loose oil sketch of an elderly man in a long coat standing in a columned doorway above a crowd.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), LL.D. 1786

Thomas Sully, 1823

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, three angels above, and a town in the background.

The Nativity

Ambrosius Benson, 1525

Painting of a vaulted chapel with robed friars in choir stalls, a crucifix above the altar, and a shaft of light.

Interior of a Capuchin Convent

François Marius Granet, 1825

Small oval oil portrait of a man with wavy dark hair and mustache, wearing a red coat and white collar, in a black frame.

Lester Wallach (1820-1888)

Thomas Sully, 1845

Painting of a young woman with a gold cup and silver vessels before a dark draped curtain.

Artemisia Prepares to Drink the Ashes of her Husband, Mausolus

Francesco Furini, 1630

Night painting of a city construction site with angular buildings, scaffolding beams and two glowing street lamps against dar

Construction: Night

George Ault, 1923

Dark painted interior with two wrestlers grappling on the floor and a man in a suit leaning over a wooden partition.

The Wrestlers

George Luks, 1906

Painting of Moses raising a bronze serpent on a staff above a crowd of figures on a rocky hill under a stormy sky.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Pieter de Grebber, 1625

Ink landscape scroll with mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge, small pavilions, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1638

Painting of cattle drinking at a stream beneath tall trees, with a hazy mountain valley and cloudy sky behind.

Landscape with Cattle

William Hart, 1879

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints, one in grey and one in red robes.

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Bartholomew

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Stylized landscape with dark tropical trees, a white factory with a tall smokestack, gray mountains and an orange-yellow sky.

Landscape with Contrasting Tree Forms, II

Viking Eggeling

Hanging scroll of playful brown demons playing music, climbing a ladder, and flying among clouds, with an umbrella at left.

Playful Demons

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Painting of Bacchus pointing toward distant ships while Ariadne reclines in gold brocade under a stormy sky.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jacob van Loo, 1650

Painting of a dark tree, pink bare trunks, pale village buildings with a tower, and green hills under a red sky.

Landscape with Factory by Lake, II

Viking Eggeling

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel on a cloud gestures toward a kneeling Virgin beneath a glowing dove and cherubs.

The Annunciation

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753

Painting of classical gods and goddesses assembled among clouds beneath a golden arc, with an eagle beside a central bearded

The Assembly of the God

Jacopo Zucchi, 1575

Painting of a bald monk in a white habit holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jehan Bellegambe, 1525

Still life painting of a flute, old books, sheet music, quill pen and brass lamp on a draped table against dark paneling.

Still Life with Flute, Vase and Roman Lamp

William Harnett, 1885

Hanging scroll of blue-green mountains, autumn trees, a pavilion and travellers on a path beside a waterfall.

Travellers in Autumn Mountain

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ on a cross under a dark sky, and two grieving women at the base in pale and red robes

The Crucifixion

Francesco Trevisani, 1715

Oil portrait of a seated man in a fur-trimmed robe writing with a quill at a green desk, against a draped curtain.

Francesco Guicciardini

Giuliano Bugiardini, 1538

Two hanging scrolls: a figure with umbrella walks past a red torii gate; a mounted rider with attendants passes misty hills.

Ki no Tsurayuki Passing Aritoshi Shrine

Hanabusa Itchō

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ as an angel offers a bowl of food, with Joseph beneath a cherry tree.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, known as the Madonna della Pappa

Francesco Vanni, 1599